Fence



J. S. ORR.

(No Mbdel.)

FENCE.

Patented June 12, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

FENCE."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,270,:lated June12,1888.

Serial No. 267,720. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN STEPHENS ORR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Augusta, in the county of Bracken and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Iinprovement in Fences, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fences; and it has for itsobject to provide a connection or link for pickets which will enablethem to be secured together independent of posts.

A further object of the invention is to provide barbs for the fence,which are formed as parts of the said connections or links.

With these objects in view the invention consists in a certain novelconstruction and arrangement-of devices, fully described hereinafter inconnect-ion with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of a fence constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line or m, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the connection or link.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A designate the pickets, and B Bthe connections or links which are arranged between the pickets.

0 represents a short bar, having its ends tapered or sharpened, and itis provided near its ends with the lateral arms D D, which are longenough to extend beyond the sides of the pickets. Theselateral armsareprovided near the bar 0 with perforationsEE, through which nails maybe driven into the edge of the picket.

F F represent apertures in the arms at the edges of the pickets throughwhich the wires or rods G G are passed, and the ends of the arms areprovided with spurs H H, so that when the ends of the arms are bent overagainst the sides of the pickets the spurs pass on opposite sides of thewire or rod G and are driven into the pickets. Perforations I I areformed in the lateral arms near the spurs, and through theseperforations are driven nails after the arms are bent over against thesides of the pickets.

K represents a transverse barb rod, which -is secured to the center ofthe bar 0, preferably by inserting the former through the latter,

and the sharpened ends of the said barb-rod project beyond the sides ofthe pickets. .Iwo

. or three ofthese connections or links are placed between each twopickets, in substantially the mannerhereinafter described. Place thecoir nections or links (the lateral arms of which are spread outstraight, as shown in Fig. 3) between the last-secured picket and thepicket which is about to be secured, and strike the outer side of theloose picket, thereby driving the sharpened ends of the bar G into theedges of the pickets; drive the pickets toward each other until thelateral arms bear against the edges of the pickets; pass the ends of therods or wires through the apertures F; bend the ends of the arms overagainst the sides of the pickets and drive the spurs into the same onopposite sides'of the rodsor wires; drive nails through the perforationsI I, and, finally, bend the ends of the rods or wires out to form barbssimilar to that which is attached to the bar 0. These rods or wires maybe made in short lengths, as shown in the drawings, or they may be madeto extend the entire length of the.

fence,in which case the barbs would be omitted; but the fence would haveincreased longitudinal strength.

From the above description it will be seen that the pickets are firmlysecured together without the use of posts or horizontal rails; but inorder to guard against sagging by the lateral pressure of the wind orthe attacks of confined animals I provide inclined braces L L, which aresecured at their lower ends in the ground on opposite sides of the lineof the ferns and pass at their upper ends between the upper ends ofthepickets. The innersides of the braces are provided with notches M, whichare engaged with the rods or wires which form parts of the connectionsor links above mentioned. The fence is thus securely braced againstlateral strain.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the preciseconstruction and arrange ment herein described, as I may make slightdeviations therefrom without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a fence, thecombination, with the pickets, of the links or connections between thepickets, having the short bars 0 and the lat eral arms secured to theedges of the pickets, substantially as specified.

2. In a fence, the combination, with the pickets, of the links orconnections having the bars G,sharpened at their ends and driven intothe edges of the pickets, and the lateral arms embracing the edges ofthe pickets and having spurs adapted to be driven thereinto,substantially as specified.

3. Inafence, the combination, with the pick ets, of the bar 0, thelateral arms attached to the said bar and having spurs on their ends,and the rods or wires passing through aper tures in the arms andextending parallel with the fence, substantially as specified.

4. In a fence, the combination, with the pickels, of the bars 0, thelateral arms attached to the pickets, and the barb rod attached to thebar and projecting beyond the sides of the pickets, substantially asspecified.

5. In a fence, the combination, with the pickets, of the bar 0, havingits sharpened ends engaged in the edges of the pickets, the lateral armshaving perforations E Eand I I and the apertures F F therein, the spursH on the ends of the arms, the rods or wires inserted in the apertures Fand engaged by the spurs, and having their ends turned out to formbarbs, and the barb-rods inserted in apertures in the bar 0 andextending beyond the sides of the pickets, substantially as specified.

6. In a fence, the combination, of the pickets, the links or connectionsbetween the pickets, having the bar 0, the arms D D, and the rods orWires G G, engaging the said arms and extending parallel with the fence,and the inclined braces having notches M M in their innersides engagedwith the said rods or wires,

substantially as specified.

7. In a fence, the combination, with the ver tical pickets, of theintermediate horizontal bars, 0, having sharpened ends engaged in theadjacent edges of the pickets, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixcdmy signatu rein presence of two witnesses,

JOHN STEPHENS ORR.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. N. HANCOCK, J AS. W. Mo'KrBBrJN.

